(11-02-2020 08:58 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote: It hit me today that coach Houston is a Cowboys fan. I wonder what he was yelling at the TV last night. Probably similar things when he benched the Nooch in the first quarter against New Hampshire.
The Nooch looked overwhelmed at times and after 5 1/2 quarters of football he has 4 fumbles while taking 7 sacks. I don’t see him playing anymore unless Dalton can’t clear concussion protocol or gets injured again this year. The team was trying to hide him last night which you can’t do for long at QB in the NFL. He gave it the good ol college try and just isn’t NFL caliber although it would have been fun to see him run more and move the chains vs struggling as a passer.
That's ridiculous! Just like 2018, when many posters here were screaming for Nooch to be benched because they said he was not a college-caliber quarterback. It amazed me then and amazes me now that some people still don't get it and can't see it.
Nooch was and is a fine quarterback! Houston and Kirkpatrick are the ones who were not very good and Nooch was taking the blame for it. Right before their eyes, some fans were unable to see that the playcalling and offensive line sucked, the same O-line that Cig took to Frisco the following season, and he allowed Nooch more RPO opportunities than Kirkpatrick did, who forced Nooch to be a pocket passing punching bag behind a line that couldn't keep the pocket intact for more than a second.
And, I'll be damned if it isn't deja vu all over again!
"The Nooch looked overwhelmed." I guess you saw a different game than his teammates, who are raving over his confidence, despite playing behind the worst offensive line in the NFL in his very first start.
"I don’t see him playing anymore." OK. Even with the terrible O-line and a swirling wind that both QBs had trouble with, Nooch was over 50% on the day, completing 21 of 40 passes, with several passes dropped, and did this with not much time to get off passes. With such a poor O-line, he was sacked four times, yet still managed to run five times for 22 yards, a respectable 4.4 yards per tote. Had his longest run not been called back, he would have done even better. It is THIS capability that makes Nooch the best choice to start the rest of the year. If I am Jerry Jones, I am smiling watching tape today. Three letters, Jerry.... RPO!
"The team was trying to hide him last night." Wow!
"He gave it the good ol college try and just isn’t NFL caliber." Then is All-Pro Wentz "NFL caliber?" Wentz had a better O-line than Nooch, but had to play in the same wind as Nooch did. This green, rookie quarterback who you claim does not belong had a higher QB rating than his All-Pro opponent. He belongs.
If there is one criticism that I believe is legit, it is the same one I have had for the past three seasons - Nooch often holds the ball a little longer than he should, trying to make something happen. I think this is fairly easy to fix and I'm certain that Mike McCarthy is working on that right now. In fact, Nooch made the right decision on a few plays against Philly, throwing the ball away when he got into trouble, which was often with that horrible O-line. I think he could have avoided two of those sacks by unloading the ball out of bounds. That was all I saw that really needed fixing. The rest is on the O-line and obviously, the wind is the wind. You aren't going to fix that.
I would like to see more designed runs for Nooch and more RPO. Nooch is only going to get better, more comfortable, and more confident.